Expulsion and Transformation: Tennessee Democrats in the Spotlight.
TL;DR
Justin Pearson, one of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House for supporting gun control protesters, could return to the Legislature after a Memphis commission vote. Republicans banished Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones last week over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor after a Nashville school shooting that left six dead. The expulsions drew accusations of racism, and the Tennessee Democratic Party received a new jolt of support from across the U.S. Pearson grew up in the same House district he was chosen to represent after longtime state Rep. Barbara Cooper, a Black Democrat, died in office.
- Expelled Justin Pearson could be returned to Tennessee House The Associated Press
- Tennessee Democrat's transformation from college to now goes viral on social media: 'This is like an SNL skit' Fox News
- Letters: The two Tennessee state lawmakers who were expelled intended to disrupt the House chamber Chicago Tribune
- 'Tennessee three' expulsion prompts call for boycott from U.S. readers Tennessean
- Opinion: Why expelling me from the legislature backfired on Tennessee Republicans CNN
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